re: sci-fi / horror rec: Dark Matter

I completely agree with all your points. Wasn’t trying to justify it. It’s definitely lazy writing. Just saying I think it’s just younger authors or authors from a younger generation that have been caught up in it.

To continue your point, Stephen king comes to mind. He had mind numbing detail at times but also wrote things that adapted well to the big screen. It can be done.

Crouch wrote wayward pines which was adapted. I haven’t read it but will and will pay attention to see if it also falls in this category of lazy writing. I’m thinking he had pines adapted and was wanting the next thing to be adapted as well so he speed it up or just simply got lazy like you say and turned out a decent novel that could have been a lot better.

I definitely felt the same way you did when I read it.